Tania Peterson

Professional educator with substantial experience in early childhood environments. Proven capability in fostering collaborative team efforts and achieving desired outcomes. Skillful in curriculum development, classroom management, and implementing innovative teaching strategies. Adaptable, dependable, and dedicated to nurturing young minds.

Offering 27 years of professional teaching experience working in International Schools in China, Hong Kong, The United Kingdom, the Netherlands and New Zealand.

• English Schools Foundation Tung Chung Kindergarten Hong Kong2016 -2020
• ESF Aspiring Leaders Year long course
• PYP Literacy Mathematics and Symbolic learning in the Early Years
• Chapters International Training Documenting Learning in the Early Years Anne Van Dam
• Pedagogical Documentation Fiona Zinn
• Hong Kong International School - Literacy Workshops and Writers Workshops
• Reggio Study Tour - In Singapore and Hong Kong - Blue House/ Eton Houses
• REACH – Reggio Emilia in Asia for Children Conferences Chengdu, China – Encountering Reggio Emilia Children making the Ordinary, Extraordinary lead by Claudia Giudici and Marina Mori
• The PlayFirst Summit Summer Workshops/Atelier Masterclass
• Reggio Children Summer Courses
• Design/Progettazione as dialogue between Adults and Children/Children and Children
• Children as constructors of their own learning
• The Environment as the third Educator
• A Day in the Infant Toddler Centre Reggio Emilia
• Presenter for ESF Educators – The Environment as the Third Educator
• Presenter for Hong Kong and Macau Reggio Emilia Study Group Our Journey in the Atelier – Open Dialogue as a means to answer what it looks like in the Hong Kong Context
• Hong Kong Academy, Sai Kung, Hong Kong - February2015
• PYP Making it Happen
• Presenter Tianjin- EA Inquiry Based Learning and making it happen Workshop Tianjin
• Bear Park Remuera Auckland -2013
• RIE, Gross Motor Development, Reggio Emilia Approach, Transition to School, The Language of Art Ann Pelo
• TTC – Teacher Training Center for International Teachers, London - July2021
• 2 Credits towards a Master Degree in Education
• Inquiry Based Learning
• Classroom Assessment Strategies
• Comenius – EU Consortium for Best Practice, Gothenburg, Sweden2009 -2011
• 2 year action-based research on best practice collaborating with Poland, Spain
• Lithuania, Sweden and the UK Early Childhood Professionals, Principals and Leaders
• Writers Workshop, London2009 -2011
• What writing means for our Youngest Writers. Consultant Leah Mermelstein
• Units of Study Reading and Writing Project and Talking, Drawing Writing Lessons for our Youngest Writers Martha Horn and Mary Ellen Giacobbe and Ellen Giacobbe
• Wilson Fundation, London
• Phonics Program
• FOSS, London
• Full Option Science System
• Everyday Math, London
• Early Years Math Program
• Reggio Emilia, Italy - November2007
• Pedagogical Documentation Study Tour in Reggio Emilia Pre Schools
• Josti Integrating Technology into the Classroom, Washington DC, USA -2006
• Study course attending computer literacy and implementing technology in the classroom, George Washington University
• ECIS Presenter – PowerPoint Portfolios, Brussels - March2006
• Presenting workshops on an assessment tool for Pre-K-Lower Elementary - A year of documenting children's learning
• CEESA Presenter – PowerPoint Portfolios, Zagreb, Croatia - March2005
• Presenting workshops on an assessment tool for Pre-K-Lower Elementary Students using PowerPoint - a full year documenting children's learning.
• Marco Polo Technology Workshop, Rotterdam - November2004
• Internet Content for Young Children
• Annual Network of European ECE Educators2004 -2009
• ECE specialists from Belgium, Antwerp, Amsterdam, Den Hague and Rotterdam
• ECIS – Early Childhood Conference, Amsterdam - May2003
• Lilian Katz Project Approach
• Reggio Emilia Approach, London - November2003
• Reggio in Action - American School in London
• ECIS Conference Berlin Germany - November2002
• Literacy Based workshops for ECE, Elementary and ESL
• StorySacks Workshops, Hong Kong - May2002
• Facilitator Neil Griffin
• OMEP Conference Hong Kong - November2001
• Focus on Reggio Emilia – Hundred Languages of Children Exhibition

• International Baccalaureate PYP
• Inquiry Based Learning -7 years’ experience working in Tianjin, China and Hong Kong International Schools
• Worked with my own daughters through Middle School and High School in Rotterdam with International Baccalaureate Theory of Knowledge CAS Creativity Activity and Service
• Atelier Lead
• Support and develop children's and adults visual languages with a strong emphasis on the Reggio Emilia Approach and Pedagogical Documentation, Image of the child and the Environment as the Third Teacher
• Te Whariki
• He taonga te mokopuna, kia whāngaia, kia tipu, kia rea. A child is a treasure, to be nurtured, to grow, to flourish.